ULAN BATOR, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has set June 24 as the date for this year's parliamentary elections, the parliament's press office said Friday.
The resolution to set June 24 as the date of the election was approved by lawmakers on Thursday evening, the Mongolian authorities said.
Mongolia's State Great Khural, the country's parliament,...
Mongolia, ADB Sign Grant to Develop Participatory Food Waste Recycling
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia have signed a $3 million grant agreement to improve food waste recycling in local communities in the capital city, helping to keep Ulaanbaatar cleaner.
“Discarded food waste sullies the city and can be unhealthy for the people living here,” said ADB Country Director for Mongolia Mr....
Mongolia earns over 607 mln USD from tourism in 2019
ULAN BATOR, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) — Official data released Saturday shows that Mongolia raked in a total of 607.2 million U.S. dollars from tourism in 2019, up 10.2 percent from the previous year.
The Mongolian Environment and Tourism Ministry said the Asian country attracted around 577,300 foreign tourists last year, up 9.1 percent compared to 2018.
Chinese...
Mongolia-China trade volume reaches 8.9 bln USD in 2019
ULAN BATOR, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Trade volume between Mongolia and China reached 8.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2019, accounting for 64.4 percent of Mongolia's total foreign trade, according to data released Sunday by the country's National Statistics Office.
Mongolia traded with about 152 economies across the world in 2019. Its major export items to...
Former Prime Minister of Mongolia Retains Amsterdam & Partners LLP to Defend against Politically Motivated Charges
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How Great Power Competition Is Changing the Geopolitics of Mongolia
HIGHLIGHTS
To protect its sovereignty and independence, Mongolia has walked a geopolitical tightrope tethered by a "good neighbor" policy with Russia and China and a "third neighbor" policy with the United States and other countries.
The great power competition among China, Russia and the United States is changing the calculus on Mongolian sovereignty;...
Finance Minister of Mongolia signs loan agreement with China’s Exim Bank Vice President
Minister of Finance of Mongolia Ch.Khurelbaatar met with Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of China Xie Ping in Beijing to exchange views on the projects being implemented in Mongolia by Chinese government soft loans, Montsame reports.
The two pointed...
IMF says Mongolia's debt forgiveness plan violates 2017 bailout deal
ULAANBAATAR/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan by the Mongolian government to repay 776 billion tugriks ($283 million) of debt held by its elderly citizens is not in line with the pledges it made in 2017 to secure a bailout deal from the International Monetary Fund, the IMF said on Friday.
President Khaltmaa Battulga, a populist businessman...
Mongolia to hold camel festival to promote tourism
ULAN BATOR, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia will hold its annual camel festival in the southern province of Umnugovi in March, in an effort to attract more tourists, local government said on Wednesday.
With the support of the Mongolian Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports, the event will be held for the 23rd year on March 6-8 in the city...
Mongolia raises monthly minimum wage
ULAN BATOR, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has raised its monthly minimum wage by 100,000 Mongolian tugriks (about 36.6 U.S. dollars), the country's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection said Thursday.
In April 2019, Mongolia's Tripartite Council, which brings together representatives of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, employers and...
Mongolia to write off loans of all pensioners
ULAN BATOR, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The National Security Council of Mongolia led by the country's president has decided to write off the loans of all pensioners in the country.
President Khaltmaa Battulga announced the decision on Tuesday night while extending New Year greetings to his people via media.
"I am happy to announce that the National Security...
This dad took his son to Mongolia just to get him off his phone
How do you get a teen to put down their phone and talk to you? Jamie Clarke went all the way to Mongolia to find out.
Riding through a remote valley in Mongolia on the back of his motorbike, adventurer Jamie Clarke let the hum of the engine and the wind echo in his mind while his thoughts wandered.
After several hours, he pulled over to shake off...
OUTLOOK 2020 Mongolia
Politics
The 2020 parliamentary election looms over Mongolia as populist politics continue to keep the country in a deadlock that has so far lasted a quarter of a century. Dubbed a “democratic oasis” for its geographic placement between two authoritarian giants, Russia and China, Mongolia may have the status of parliamentary republic, but when it...
